#4C40CA#4C40CA

#4C40CA is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.204 H 279.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C40CA
RGB	rgb(76, 64, 202)
HSL	hsl(245, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(245, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 68.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.87, 45.13, -69.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.87, 83.22, 302.84°)
OKLab	oklab(47.49% 0.0324 -0.2016)
OKLCH	oklch(47.49% 0.204 279.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.4712, 9.4664, 56.8776)
Luminance	0.0947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C40CA #BECA40

analogous

#4079CA #4C40CA #9140CA

triadic

#4C40CA #CA4C40 #40CA4C

tetradic

#4C40CA #CA4079 #BECA40 #40CA91

square

#4C40CA #CA4079 #BECA40 #40CA91

split-complementary

#4C40CA #CA9140 #79CA40

monochromatic

#261F70 #372CA0 #4C40CA #7970D7 #A6A0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.26

#4C40CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#4C40CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C40CA

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C40CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C40CA	1.00	7.26	2.89	7.26
#FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0051C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c40ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 64, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.204 279.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c76db',
    500: '#4c40ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c40ca;
$custom-light: #8c76db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c40ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.217,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47492,
    "c": 0.20422,
    "h": 279.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C40CA

secondary

#CCD195

accent

#E048D3

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F2EDFB

border

#CCC8D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C40CA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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